. History of the plots and crimes of the great conspiracy to overthrow liberty in America .. . c property to be packed and stacked, andturned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This willnot embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses orbaggage This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to theirhomes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as theyobserve their parole and the laws in force where they may respectfully, U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. surrender. Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 18C5.
. History of the plots and crimes of the great conspiracy to overthrow liberty in America .. . c property to be packed and stacked, andturned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This willnot embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses orbaggage This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to theirhomes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as theyobserve their parole and the laws in force where they may respectfully, U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. surrender. Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. A. General : I have received your letter of this date, containing theterms of surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you ;as they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter ofthe eighth instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate theproper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General. eNtHA*3Nnoj Nacnu ONV XON3T HOX8V AHvnanonand. SURRENDER OF LEE. 295 LEK S ENTIRE LOSS. In the battles around Petersburg and in the pursuit, Lee lost over tenthousand men killed and wounded, and twenty thousand men in prisonersand deserters, including those taken in battle, and those picked up inpursuit; embracing all arms of the service—teamsters, hospital force, andeverything—from sixteen to eighteen thousand men were surrendered byLee. As only fifteen thousand muskets and about thirty pieces of artil-lery were surrendered, the available fighting force could hardly haveexceeded fifteen or twenty thousand men. Our total captures of artilleryduring the battles and pursuit, and at the surrender, amounted toabout one hundred and seventy guns. Three or four hundred wagonswere handed over. In the terms of surrender, the officers gave their own paroles, andeach ofiicer gave his parole for the men within his command. The fol-lowing is the
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